OMG! I am submitting this 3 days early and not 10 minutes before the change over! I took the picture a day after the Challenge was posted? Can I be turning a new leaf? Well maybe but I doubt it. (Update I unsubmitted and resubmitted on twice today...couple of changes...but still early....rats!)
It got to be the end of the year and the new year had started and I couldn't close the refrigerator door without having to packing tape it shut so defrosting just had to be done. But prior to administering vats of hot water to the freezer I set the camera and tripod up and shot this. Thought it just might do for the challenge.
Post: Convert from raw in PSElements 3.0 with a +0.33 exposure compsenstion. Layer adjustments for levels, brightness/contrast and hue saturation. Auto color correction and remove color cast. Healed dust spots. In the area to in between the mountatins of ice to the right of the chicken I selected the gray background and applied Shadows/Highlights twice to darken the area and give it some depth. Sharpen. Tried several crops but ended up leaving it full frame. Resize. Sharpen. Upon viewing the ump-teenth time I did not like the over sharpening between the top light and dark background so I used the blur tool brush to lessen the effect.
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Post: Sorry about the blowout. Never had a frost free refrigerater in any apartment I have ever been in. Guess ones you have to defrost are becoming extinct....but snow....come on now....really! LOL!
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Would this be putting off "defrosting the freezer"? I think that's what it is and it's a creative concept, just is maybe a bit difficult to understand at first.
I got it - took a minute but I did - problem I see for you is that the context can pass you right by if you only spend 3-5 seconds on the image. The blown out section of the frost (top of image) in the fridge takes away. I think having something else in there to show a freezer would help this a bit more
i love this!!! some people may not get it if going too quickly, or if they are the type of person that regularly cleans their fridge and freezer (but who likes those type of people anyways? :-)
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